CVE-2015-8625

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-8625
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-03-23 20:59:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionMediaWiki before 1.23.12, 1.24.x before 1.24.5, 1.25.x before 1.25.4, and 1.26.x before 1.26.1 do not properly sanitize parameters when calling the cURL library, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an @ (at sign) character in unspecified POST array parameters.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.24.0 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.24.1 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.24.2 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.24.3 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.24.4 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.25.0 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.25.1 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.25.2 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.25.3 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.26.0 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: CVE requests for MediaWiki 1.26.1, 1.25.4, 1.24.5 and 1.23.12 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[MediaWiki-announce] Security Release: 1.26.1, 1.25.4, 1.24.5 and 1.23.12 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.wikimedia.org Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
oss-security - CVE requests for MediaWiki 1.26.1, 1.25.4, 1.24.5 and 1.23.12 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
⚓ T118032 Error thrown by VirtualRESTService when POST variable starts with '@' af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 phabricator.wikimedia.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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